Loosing Pachekhani Assembly constituency

Loosing Pachekhani
Former constituency for the Sikkim Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Sikkim
Established	1979
Abolished	2008 [1]
Total electors	7,530

Loosing Pachekhani Assembly constituency was an assembly constituency in the India state of Sikkim.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
1979	Jagat Bandhu Pradhan		Sikkim Congress
1985	Bhakta Bahadur Khulal		Sikkim Sangram Parishad
1989	Rup Raj Rai
1994	Dil Bahadur Thapa		Sikkim Democratic Front
1999	Jai Kumar Bhandari		Sikkim Sangram Parishad
2004	Manita Thapa		Sikkim Democratic Front

Election results

Assembly Election 2004

2004 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election  : Loosing Pachekhani ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDF	Manita Thapa	4,394	71.73%	23.86
	INC	Bharat Basnett	1,651	26.95%	22.78
	SHRP	Passang Tamang	81	1.32%	New
Margin of victory			2,743	44.78%	44.69
Turnout			6,126	81.35%	1.13
Registered electors			7,530		5.40
	SDF gain from SSP		Swing	23.77

Assembly Election 1999

1999 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election  : Loosing Pachekhani ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SSP	Jai Kumar Bhandari	2,826	47.96%	16.91
	SDF	Vinod Pradhan	2,821	47.87%	16.57
	INC	Arun Kumar Rai	246	4.17%	2.83
Margin of victory			5	0.08%	0.17
Turnout			5,893	84.00%	1.15
Registered electors			7,144		21.50
	SSP gain from SDF		Swing	16.66

Assembly Election 1994

1994 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election  : Loosing Pachekhani ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDF	Dil Bahadur Thapa	1,497	31.30%	New
	SSP	Jai Kumar Bhandari	1,485	31.05%	19.01
	RSP	Ram Chandra Poudyal	1,378	28.81%	New
	INC	Rup Raj Rai	335	7.00%	3.45
	Independent	Bhakta Bahadur Khulal	63	1.32%	New
	Independent	Bharat Singh Rai	25	0.52%	New
Margin of victory			12	0.25%	7.64
Turnout			4,783	83.35%	4.31
Registered electors			5,880
	SDF gain from SSP		Swing	18.76

Assembly Election 1989

1989 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election  : Loosing Pachekhani ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SSP	Rup Raj Rai	1,859	50.05%	17.43
	RIS	Ram Chandra Poudyal	1,566	42.16%	New
	INC	Bharat Singh Rai	132	3.55%	28.36
Margin of victory			293	7.89%	27.68
Turnout			3,714	73.78%	16.90
Registered electors			4,821
	SSP hold		Swing

Assembly Election 1985

1985 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election  : Loosing Pachekhani ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SSP	Bhakta Bahadur Khulal	1,787	67.48%	New
	INC	Ram Chandra Poudyal	845	31.91%	29.77
	JP	Ram Krishna Rai	16	0.60%	7.82
Margin of victory			942	35.57%	7.92
Turnout			2,648	61.00%	5.30
Registered electors			4,403		20.30
	SSP gain from SC (R)		Swing

Assembly Election 1979

1979 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election  : Loosing Pachekhani ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SC (R)	Jagat Bandhu Pradhan	889	44.29%	New
	SJP	Bans Bahadur Basnet	334	16.64%	New
	SPC	Rup Raj Rai	325	16.19%	New
	JP	Shova Kanti Lepcha	169	8.42%	New
	Independent	Bhim Bahadur Subba	120	5.98%	New
	Independent	Bhakta Bahadur Khulal	79	3.94%	New
	INC	Narayan Prasad Pradhan	43	2.14%	New
	Independent	Mohan Gurung	18	0.90%	New
	Independent	Damber Kumari Pradhan	17	0.85%	New
	Independent	Mangal Singh Tamang	13	0.65%	New
Margin of victory			555	27.65%
Turnout			2,007	57.13%
Registered electors			3,660
	SC (R) win (new seat)

References

1. "THE REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE ACT, 1950" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
2. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2004 to the Legislative Assembly of Sikkim" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
3. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1999 to the Legislative Assembly of Sikkim" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
4. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1994 to the Legislative Assembly of Sikkim" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
5. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1989 to the Legislative Assembly of Sikkim" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
6. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1985 to the Legislative Assembly of Sikkim" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
7. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1979 to the Legislative Assembly of Sikkim" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 15 February 2024.